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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/14/mode/1up Thomas Anquetil (1781-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/62/mode/2up Alexander Burnes (1805-1841)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/97/mode/1up Willoughby Cotton (1783-1860)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/266/mode/2up William Macnaghten (1793-1841)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/386/mode/1up John Shelton (?-1845)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/385/mode/1up Shah Shuja (1780?-1842)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/371/mode/1up Robert Sale (1782-1845)]<br>
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== Summary ==
On 8 January 1842 Mohammed Akbar Khan agreed to protect Elphinstone's army on a promise of 15,000 rupees. He also demanded Major Pottinger, Captain Lawrence and Captain Mackenzie as hostages to guarantee that General Sale would evacuate Jalalabad. On 9 January 1842 Mohammed Akbar Khan persuaded General Elphinstone to hand over the women, children and wounded officers hostages in return for supplies and a safe escort for his army. Though none of Akbar Khan's promises had been kept previously, it was seen as the only way to protect the women and children from further suffering on the march. Seven officers, ten women and twenty-two children were escorted to Khoord-Kabul fort.
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/8/mode/2up/search/Akbar Mahommed Akbar Khan (1813?-1849)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/138/mode/1up William Elphinstone (1782-1842)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_Army#Afghan_uprising Afghan Uprising] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak] BritishBattles.com<br>
[http://wwwbooks.britishbattlesgoogle.comco.uk/first-afghan-war/kabul-1842.htm The Battle books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA244&dq=A+journal+of Kabul 1842] BritishBattles.com<br>[http://www.jmhare.com/CentralAsia/history5.htm Occupation and Revolt+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+Shortly+after+Pottinger, Kabul+Mackenzie, 1839-1841] www.jmhare.com<br>[http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/journal_afghanistan%20.htm Map of Kabul Cantonment+and+Lawrence+arrived&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseLady Sale's Account] www.history.navy.milGoogle Books<br>[http://www.afghanistan-photos.com/crbst_46.html Photograph of Bala Hissar] www.afghanistan-photos.com
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